Suspended-cable tramway.



0. H. VOGEL & G. R. TAITT.

SUSPENDED CABLE TRAMWAY. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1912.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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witnesses In uentors Patented Oct. 21,1913.

G. H. VOGBL G. R. TAITT. SUSPENDED GABLE TRAMWAY.

APPLICATION FILED JANJQ, 1912,

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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@ gnamlns 11.106131. Mn) GEORGE R,I 'I IA ITT, 'OIF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA,

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stisrEiwDEh-bABLfi 'rknmwai Application filed January 22,1912. Serial no. 672 .68

concern "Be it knownztat 'LWe, .GHARLES' H. VoGEL,

British-subject.and'GEoncE It. TArrr, a

citizen of the United States, both residing. in

I the: cityofV-ancouvenin the county of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have nvented new and useful Improvements in Suspended-Cable Trampended. cable tramway having a stationary provide inexpensive-but very effective inter- 30 1 track cable due to slack'ness and moving loads} cation;

certain; parts of ourfinvention in aerial tramways for whichweapplied for a patent under Serial No- 64:2,581, filed Aug. 5th, 1911,

and toluse it .in connection with any sustrack cable. 7

The objects of our invention are: 1. To

mediatesupports for thetrack cable. 2. To provide grips fort-he track cable to hold the same at the intermediate supports and prevent the lohgitudinal movement of the cable ,in said gripsiand tokeep the cable intact with itsintermediate supports. 3. To provide means toflrigidly anchoring the track cable'at intermediate points to prevent the longitudinal moyement of said track cable with respect to the earth; permitting, howe\'cr.a' slight-longitudinal movement of the between the a'oove rnentioned points. The said trackcible 'is to hold the intermediate .st1p'ports Lupright i fpeimitting. their tops to sway with the slight longitudinal movement of the said track cable.

Our invention-is illustrated in the accom-,

'panying three drawings in Which- I Figure 1 shows a sl-de. view of a portion of the cableway. Fig.'-2.sl1ows, an0ther slde view ofone of the intermediate. supports.

= Fig.3; shows anotherzside view of the intermediate anchorage;-Fig. 4, shows a top "view ofFig: I. 'Fig.5.,-is-a detail topvie'w.

of the intermediate anchorage; Fig. 6, a sectional side .view. ofjs'ald anchorage on line 'A B of Fig.- 5; Fig. 7 is .afsectlonal side view of saidoanchorage online D JoiFig.

' 5; Fig-83s;allongitudinaljsideview 0 f'the anchorage: clampgripping' the track leable; Fig. 9, is a sectional sideipiew ofgthes'aml' clam on lineEF. of Fig. 8. =1Fiq. 10 im wing the winner side ofi the said insr iu the joints, to the "162 and form a" large Tan Fi-gzi l-l'ishou si-anintermediate an-y I chorage andfa.horizontal curveinthe' cable tramway. Fig. 12 shows al sectionlon' I J. of Fig. 14 of the cla m securin g' lthe Specification of LetterSlaten-t. Pa tgnt do ugL 1913,

cable at the intermediate supports; Fig; .13 i

is a section of the same .clampon lir'ie..G. H of Fig. 14; Fig; 14 is a side viewjoi the said clamp. Fig. 15 i a detail' sidefvi ew of the upper portion of an intermediate sup- P m hich the track cable is u port:

ed; Fig. 16 is a detail sectional'si'de- View of F g. 15, on llne Fig. 17 a top view of F 1g. 15. Fig.18 1s a detail sectional Side 'view on line N of Fig. .17.

simil-ar numbers refer to. similar' parts throughoutthe several figures;

1 represents the track cable of the tramway and 1S securely fixed'at both ends; 12

and 12 (see Fig. are two s-titf legs joined] at their tops by the hinge members 6 and 7 and form intermediate supports for the track cab1e l--by means of the two eye bolts ,4, ring 3 and hanger 2 which hanger carries the clamp members 15-' and ..16' which by the use of sheet lead l7-and bolts -18 gripfthe cable tightly and prevent it from moving between the said clampmembers-z-(see Figs. 15, 12, 13, and 14). l he hole in the hub 16f project-ing from the clamp member-16 is for the purpose of securingthe clamp and cable .to thehanger 2 by placing the hub ;16 ;-0ver the gudgeon 14 on which it may -thus permitting'the Cable -1 to mainta tsii ement regardless of the varyin the vertical whichv the hanger. at va rious times assume (see Fig. 15; in Eig. 12 shows a port-ionof a wheel carriage 1e from i traveling on the cable 1 as: a raekizggtli e drawing shows the wheehover the clamp-f member 15 and 1.6; 1,9 is a chain secured to the lower part of hanger; 2'. a'n'd'one of the legs 12, but used o'nly where it -isv found necessary to preventitle cable 1: irom rising up to the members 3 and 4and' ing entangled.

'From the p'o rt iof-'- -h ..hinge 5 which. forms the-eye 11 .itwill be fseenjthahthe member 5 me not only rotji te pnftheipin 9 tent. onlanax'isas-ligle dhi; projected (see t exerted bv he cable 1 and the. ea s tgavel as an axis but may rptat'fe to; ailimited ex:

- OOHCiLVe ing thereon, Y flandfi each of which is provided with a surface in the boss into which the rounded portion of the nut 1 may adiust Y rious angles which itself, thus preventing a transverse nut on the nutY, The chain stress on bolts 4 and 4, regardless of the vait may assume with the member 5 and6. The nut 8 acts as a lock 41 grjeve'nts the the eye stiff legsirrem spreading at the tto'm. To

efiect the interm diate anchorage for preventing the longitudinal movement of the cable 1 at such-points, the clamp members and21 are securely clamped to the cable 1 by means of bolts 22 and the sheet lead 23 which embeds itself the, irregularities of the surface of the cable 1 and the inner I ribbed-surface of the clam members 20 and 21, thus .holding the cab e firmly in the clamps. a

To the clamp :member 21 are secured the ..;.guyrods 25 and 26 provided with turnzbuckles and anchored to thetree's 27 and 26 respectively, and thus, with the assist- .anceof the intermediate strut 28 prevent the I longitudinal movement of the trackcable l. The strut 28 enters a hole provided in the side of the tree 3.1, and held into osition by the cable 30, while the other en" is connected with the clamp members 20 and 21 by the gudgeon 32. The cable 1 may movevertically under the deflection of the loads in -which case the strut 28 ma assume posi- "tions as shown by the dotte lines at 28 will produce changes in deflection which will ;The constant: change of position of the heavy loadsmoving along the track cable 1,

1 cause a slight longitudinal movement of the *"track cable at the intermediate supports bejpensate for such we prefer not to guy the I-supports =12, to hold them rigid, but to pertvvee'n the} intermediate anchorages: to comthem tosway at the tops as actuated by -.Curves may, be

effected in the tramway line'as showii in Fig. 11 by clamping the track cable 1 by curved clamp members 33 andfithaving the relative position of clamp membrs20 and 21 in Fig. 5, only that they efi'ectaf'c'u'i've or change of direction in the tramway line. The members 35, 36, and 38 in Fig. 11 correspond in construction and functions to those of 25, 26 and 28 respecwe claim tively in Fig. 5.

Having thus described our invention,

1. In the intermediate supports of a suspended cable tramway, having a track cable, the combination of two compression near the center of the members bers, means for distributing bers, means for distributing the stress 'ofthe loads independently on each [compression-member and means for connectin'g'their tops, substautiallyias describedpended cable tramway, having a track cable, the combination of two compression memthe'stress of the loads independently on each compression member and means for connectingtheir tops, and means to prevent spreading at the lower ends. 7 v

3.111 the intermediate su orts at a pended cable tramway, having a met "es. la, the combination of two compression members each havingat its top a plate having a hole, a tension member passing through each hole and sustaining the weight of the track.

cable, its hanger and traveli'n load'at the tops of the above-mentioned p ates.

4. In the intermediate supports of a s'us'g pended cable tramwa:'-,- the combination of 2'. In the ihtermediatesupportsof a sustwo compression inem ers, a hinge compr sed of two Ie'avegadmitting of a rotary motion on three axes at rig'htangles with ach other for self adjustment to the pression members, a hole through'each lea and a concaved surface around thetop of each hole, an eye-bolt passing through each hole and providedwith a nut having a convex surface to adjust itself to theconcav'e sur aces in t "e ihge leaves, air ng and a hanger, for the purpose of support ng the track cable and the moving loads up n it; substantially as described.

5. In the intermediate supports for the track cable of a suspended cable tra-mway, the combination of a hanger, means to secure the track cable to manner to prevent the longitudinal movement of the said track cable with respect to thehanger, and means to admit the track cable to maintain its alinement regardless of its angle with the said hanger.

6. In intermediate supports of a suspended cable tramway, having a track cable, the combination-of a hanger, a clamp member, a friction member in connection with the clamp member and the track cable and means for admitting of movement between the hanger and the clamp member: substans tially as described.'

tops er the may said hanger in a 1 7. In intermediate supports of suspended trackcable at intermediatepoints' to. prefvent it tram rmov'i'iig ;longitudinally, eonsisting of a clamp member and a friction member onI-the cable, a strut and two ten-I.

,si'on members',..in a manner. described.

9. In a suspended cable tramway having a track cable to the intermediate supports to track cable, means for securing saidtrack hold the said supports upright.

cable to the intermediate su ports to hold the said supports upright an to permit the 5 tops of said supports to sway with the longitudinal movement of the said track cable. Witnesses:

10. In a suspended bable tramway havin EDMUND J. WVITHERsPOON, .a. track cable, means for securing the said FRANK- C. RANEY. 

